CHAD Joins PLAN International in Response to Devastating Floods in Borno State
with Support from the Dutch Relief Alliance
Water Sanitation and Hygiene
last Updated: December 20, 2024
Photo: Michael Usen for CHAD International
Borno State, Nigeria, already grappling with the ongoing insurgency, has been further devastated by severe flooding. Triggered by heavy rainfall and the collapse of the Alau Dam in September 2024, these floods have displaced over 122,774 people and affected hundreds of thousands more, according to the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM). In response to this urgent humanitarian crisis, CHAD International, as part of a joint response led by PLAN International, is implementing critical Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) interventions with generous support from the Dutch Relief Alliance.
Key activities under this joint response include:
Distributing essential supplies: Providing hygiene/dignity kits to 1,000 of the most vulnerable individuals, with a special focus on adolescent girls and women, and distributing WASH kits to 1,500 households.
Improving water access: Providing water purification tablets, rehabilitating damaged water points, and implementing emergency water trucking to reach 21,000 individuals with safe drinking water.
Community engagement: Supporting and/or re-establishing Water Management Committees by training 65 community members and training hygiene promoters to focus on preventing waterborne diseases like cholera.
Hygiene promotion: Conducting extensive social and behavioral change communication campaigns reaching 72,692 individuals with crucial messages on hygiene, safe water transport and storage, handwashing, sanitation, and the prevention of diarrheal diseases and other communicable diseases.
Key Activities
"The floods have compounded the suffering of the people of Borno State, destroying homes, livelihoods, and critical infrastructure, and increasing the risk of disease outbreaks," says Dr. Lucy Usen "CHAD International is deeply concerned and committed to providing urgent relief and supporting the most vulnerable communities in their recovery through this collaborative effort with PLAN International."
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